Asterisk* Numbers
Termination of investigation concerning short-digit numbers with an asterisk.
The Federal Network Agency (Bundesnetzagentur) has conducted a second public hearing on 1 June 2016 on the question of whether short-digit numbers with an asterisk should be introduced. In this hearing, however, the crucial preconditions for a successful implementation of this new type of number could not be clearly resolved. Therefore, the project will not be pursued any further.
For this purpose, a notice has been published in the Official Journal of the Bundesnetzagentur (see notice 1033/2016 in the Official Journal 14/2016 of the Bundesnetzagentur of 27 July 2016).
Mitteilung 1033/2016 Amtsblatt 14/2016 (pdf / 129 KB) *
* Document only available in German language